some say that he too his presidency into another level and ruled the country like a monarch!. how is that so!? to what extend did he push it!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The other lads are correct, Washington shunned power!. It was his resignation from the Army in December 1783 that caused the other George (III) to remark that he then must be the greatest man who ever lived, having given up power when he could have had it all!. It may be that the almost absurd titles they were trying to give him during the first Congress caused some confusion!. Washington chose "Mr!. President" and nothing else!. If you get a chance, watch HBO's John Adams and you'll see a marvelous representation of Washington's views on the trappings of power!. Adams calls him "Mr!. President" as Washington is leaving the chamber and Washington turns to him and says "and nothing else" in such a way that it was definitely "case closed"!.Www@QuestionHome@Com No, Raynor is right!. Washington was pushed to take office, pushed to stay for a second term, then finally refused to run for a third!. He really didn't want to be president, but his country needed him!. Washington was offered to be made king, and he refused it!. When he became president, they had to figure out how to address him, since it was a brand-new office with no real precedent anywhere in history!. One of the most common ways to address someone in authority then was "your excellency", which he could easily have gone with--but instead, he chose to be addressed simply as "mister president"!. Washington's presidency was strongly limited by the constitution and the system of checks and balances!. In fact, as an early president, he wielded much less power than modern ones do!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Washington was in no way a monarch!. He even refused the presidential office at one point!. After his term as president Washington happily stepped down, the only way he could be considered a monarch is because he went from general to leader!. But he did both for love of America, not for personal gain!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Only someone who does not really know his history would say such a thing!.!.!.it is true that some people were afraid he would declare himself monarch!.!.!.but he put himself under the authority of the government, not over it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com absolutely not, he was so popular he could have crowned himself king, instead he stepped aside after his second term!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |